Poland (European Parliament constituency)
Constituency of the European Parliament
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In European elections, the member state of Poland is subdivided into constituencies. However, the number of seats in each subconstituency is not decided until after the election. Poland therefore is sometimes treated as a single constituency for purposes of reportage.
List of constituencies
| Constituency | Area/Community | Seats | Population, 2012[1] (thousands) | Area[2] (km2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At election | Current | Total | Per cur. seat | |||
| Pomeranian | Pomeranian Voivodeship | 3 | 3 | 2,287 | 762 | 18,310 |
| Kuyavian-Pomeranian | Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship | 2 | 2 | 2,097 | 1,049 | 17,972 |
| Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian | Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships | 3 | 3 | 2,651 | 884 | 44,360 |
| Warsaw | Part of the Masovian Voivodeship: City of Warsaw and Sejm Constituency no. 20[note 1] | 6 | 6 | 2,795 | 466 | 11,205 |
| Masovian | The rest of the Masovian Voivodeship[note 2] | 3 | 3 | 2,499 | 833 | 24,353 |
| Łódź | Łódź Voivodeship | 3 | 3 | 2,529 | 843 | 18,219 |
| Greater Poland | Greater Poland Voivodeship | 5 | 5 | 3,350 | 670 | 15,183 |
| Lublin | Lublin Voivodeship | 3 | 3 | 2,169 | 732 | 25,122 |
| Subcarpathian | Subcarpathian Voivodeship | 3 | 3 | 2,129 | 710 | 17,846 |
| Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie | Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeships | 5 | 6 | 4,735 | 789 | 41,537 |
| Silesian | Silesian Voivodeship | 7 | 7 | 4,621 | 660 | 12,333 |
| Lower Silesian and Opole | Lower Silesian and Opole Voivodeships | 4 | 4 | 3,928 | 982 | 29,359 |
| Lubusz and West Pomeranian | Lubusz and West Pomeranian Voivodeships | 4 | 4 | 2,745 | 686 | 36,880 |
- Powiats: Ciechanów, Gostynin, Mława, Płock, Płońsk, Przasnysz, Sierpc, Sochaczew, Żuromin, Żyrardów, Białobrzegi, Grójec, Kozienice, Lipsko, Przysucha, Radom, Szydłowiec, Zwoleń, Garwolin, Łosice, Maków Mazowiecki, Mińsk Mazowiecki, Ostrołęka, Ostrów, Pułtusk, Siedlce, Sokołów, Węgrów, Wyszków and the cities of Radom, Płock, Ciechanów, Ostrołęka and Siedlce
2004
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Poland had only joined the European Union earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on 13 June.
The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low turnout makes a direct comparison with national election results difficult. As expected the most successful party was the Civic Platform. Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EU League of Polish Families.
The radical populist Self-Defense of the Polish Republic, which some opinion polls had predicted would come second, came fourth after the Law and Justice party. The election results were a success for Social Democracy of Poland, which managed to cross the required 5% threshold, and the Freedom Union, which got over twice the expected percentage of votes.
2009
The 2009 European Parliament election in Poland was on Sunday 7 June 2009 and the number of seats was 50.[3]